Nestucca River Road Ride

I think I found my west coast beach ride route.  I met Nick and Dean on the aborted PDX-Vernonia ride a few weeks ago, and Dean suggested this ride out to Pacific City via the Nestucca River Road.  I had heard a little bit about this route from my boss at work and had seen…

Trek Farley 7

So, I’ve got a new bike….a Trek Farley 7,I sold two bikes to get this one.  One was my Trek Speed Concept TT bike and the other my beloved Salsa Fargo.  Selling the Fargo wasn’t easy.  I was thinking of upgrading to the newer Fargo frameset.  They are more “mountain bikey” compared to the 1st…

Happy Butt

This is about a happy butt. Not a happy, but……. Saddles for cyclists are a very personal thing.  We’re all known to be rather obsessive about things like seat height, pedal/cleat setup, handlebar tilt, the list can go on and on.  But (not butt) I haven’t met a single rider who is indifferent about their…

Little Overnight

Did an overnight out to Stub Stewart.  The original plan was for 5 of us to head up, but unfortunately both Keith and Michelle ended up being sick this week.  Keith just coming out of it and Michelle just coming down with it. I still had the company of Maria and Mark though and we…

Mellow

It was a fairly mellow weekend.  New tires on the car, walking the dog and watching football about sums it up.  Turned out we didn’t need to be too nervous for the Patriots vs. Chiefs game,  it wasn’t nearly as close as I thought it would be.  The game of the weekend has to go…

Not What We Planned

Today started out with a plan.  It ended up quite differently, but still it was a good day. The original plan called for an 80 mile loop at a fairly pedestrian pace.  Nate Jones, the owner of Ride Yr Bike put this ride together.  It sounded like fun, so I was up and on MAX…